plugin-lab vs RationalBloks
plugin-lab is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by jmagar. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). RationalBloks is an MCP server published by rationalbloks.com. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, PyPI (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-28. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  RationalBloks | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace jmagar/claude-homelab | Listed Version: 1.0.0 No figure published Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.16.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 1 723 Downloads/week (PyPI): 237 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen |
| PyPI (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.16.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 1 723 Downloads/week (PyPI): 237 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | plugin-lab | RationalBloks |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 1 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 0 |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-14 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server or your machine |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 1, secrets among them: 1 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | Proprietary |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/jmagar/plugin-lab | github.com/rationalbloks/rationalbloks-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-23 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 5 days ago |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
plugin-lab
Agents, commands, skills, and scripts for scaffolding, reviewing, aligning, and deploying homelab MCP server plugins. Includes canonical Python, TypeScript, and Rust server templates.
RationalBloks
Deploy production REST and Neo4j Graph APIs from JSON schemas in seconds.
How to run each
plugin-lab As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add jmagar/claude-homelab
/plugin install plugin-lab@claude-homelabRationalBloks As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http rationalbloks https://mcp.rationalbloks.com/Requires: RATIONALBLOKS_API_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only RationalBloks has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
Neither the marketplaces of plugin-lab nor its endpoint list any tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of plugin-lab publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: plugin-lab · What it can do: RationalBloks · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Package data comes from the Python Package Index (pypi.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.